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Dave's right, Nate. Hey, I'm coming, and I'm not driving anything.
(wish I was, though)

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Locost builder and adventurer, and founder (but no longer owner) of Kinetic Vehicles

well, I wanted to work on some suspension stuff, and that's hard to do of the car. same with the steering rack and bodywork.

im trying everything I can think of. I know of a trailer someone will loan me for free, now if I can find a hauler to go with it.

Well, here's what I've come up with. I called Valley Ford, and they have a F150 for rent, which is cheaper than the advertised trucks, at 50 bucks a day and 12 cents a mile. For 710 miles, it'll be around 195. Being a 150, it's more like 15 mpg, which is still really bad compared to my 40+mpg MCS, but hey. I have 60 cents off per gallon with my Giant Eagle card, so I think I could fill the truck for relatively cheap. A friend of my dad has a trailer I can use for free, so that seems like the best route, unless I can find someone that will let me borrow their truck. My only concern is rain. I may have to buy a tarp and lash that down.

If you use a plastic and fiber tarp, don't put it over anything with a finish on it. The flapping will eat through paint, plastic, and put a dull matte finish on any metal that used to be shiney. I towed my miata from NJ with a blue tarp over it and the tarp ate down through the paint and part way through the plastic of the rear view mirrors. You'd probably be better off letting it get wet.

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

+1 what Chet said. Tarps (especially the woven plastic (usually blue) ones) are made of something close to sandpaper. I learned that towing airplanes.

Tape baggies over the sensitive bits (intake, electronics), pull the seat covers off, and dry it off when you get there. If you really gotta tarp it, wait for the rain, pull over, tarp it, and wait it out.

Figure that you'll drive your Camry in the rain without tarping it...how different is a Locost?

-dave

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...nowadays people are so intellectually lazy and lethargic that they can't build ANYTHING with their hands. They'll spend hours watching whiny people marooned on an island, but won't spend a second adding anything to the world. -weconway
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Well, the difference is mine has no paint on it yet.... it's already been caught in the rain once, and that was bad enough.

Just spray it down with WD-40 before you leave and let it get wet. Getting it soaked and dried in the same day won't hurt anything. You might actually learn something, like where to put drain holes etc. I wouldn't expect more than a light orange haze that you could wipe right off.

Somebody tell me if I'm wrong here, but I don't see what it would hurt.

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Ahh...gotcha.

-dave

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...nowadays people are so intellectually lazy and lethargic that they can't build ANYTHING with their hands. They'll spend hours watching whiny people marooned on an island, but won't spend a second adding anything to the world. -weconway
Visit my [Locost 7 build log]

If anybody has any last minute Kinetic bits they'd like me to throw in the boxes I'm bringing Dave (two steamroller fenders--exactly 62" l plus w plus h as per Untied baggage specs) let me know by ten in the morning tomorrow (Thursday) Pac time. Off list, SVP. See you there.

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Locost builder and adventurer, and founder (but no longer owner) of Kinetic Vehicles

Dave, it looks like the Girlfriend is going to be in town this weekend so she will be coming with me as well.

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Owner of TZT Performance

BTW, just in case my cell is on the blink (it happens...) you can reach the house phone at 859-233-0086. And I'll make a point of actually answering it tomorrow!

See y'all in a few hours, off to bed now.

-dave

ps. The house smells unbearably good with the BBQ slow-cooking and the chocolate chip cookies cooling on the racks. And did I mention the broccoli slaw? If you've never had it, it's better than it sounds.

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...nowadays people are so intellectually lazy and lethargic that they can't build ANYTHING with their hands. They'll spend hours watching whiny people marooned on an island, but won't spend a second adding anything to the world. -weconway
Visit my [Locost 7 build log]

Just got home. Don't have time to upload all the pics or videos, just this one.



I had a great time.

Thanks again to Dave and his wife for hosting it.

Thanks Chet for the drives. It was even more fun than I imagined a car could ever be. It just makes we want to get building ASAP.

Nice to meet everyone and put some faces to names.

Shew, that was fun. Thanks Dave and Sweety (is it Jeneane?), I had a great time. And thanks to Nate for the drive and for taking the trouble to bring his car down for show and tell.

I am so glad you got that picture.

And for anyone curious that is Stryker (Daniel) there on the right posing with my car, right where he parked it.

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

I had a great time Dave. I really want to start building mine now.

Chet, Thanks for bringing the car down, im honestly still in shock that i did that. the car just handles so much differently than what i was expecting. Those rock chips were already there

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ZOMG!!!! Chet let me drive his car! ZOMG!!!!